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layout: docs
page_title: 'nomad operator snapshot inspect command reference'
description: |
  The `nomad operator snapshot inspect` command displays information about a snapshot file stored on local disk.
---

# `nomad operator snapshot inspect` command reference

Displays information about a snapshot file stored on local disk.

## Usage

```plaintext
nomad operator snapshot inspect [options] [file]
```

## Options

- `-json` : Output information about the snapshot file in JSON format.

## Examples

To inspect the file "backup.snap":
```shell-session
$ nomad operator snapshot inspect backup.snap
Created = 2024-06-10T10:54:41+01:00
ID      = 10-215871-1718013281130
Size    = 158 KiB
Index   = 215871
Term    = 10
Version = 1

Type                 Count  Size
JobVersion           15     42 KiB
Alloc                5      37 KiB
TimeTable            1      28 KiB
JobSubmission        15     17 KiB
Node                 2      14 KiB
Job                  4      10 KiB
CSIPlugin            1      1.9 KiB
Eval                 5      1.6 KiB
CSIVolume            1      1.1 KiB
JobSummary           4      825 B
Variables            2      695 B
VariablesQuota       8      562 B
Index                18     498 B
Deployment           1      496 B
ServiceRegistration  1      318 B
ACLToken             1      286 B
SchedulerConfig      1      242 B
NodePool             2      236 B
Namespace            1      209 B
RootKeyMeta          1      127 B
ClusterMetadata      1      71 B

Total                90     158 KiB
```

[outage recovery]: /nomad/docs/manage/outage-recovery
